The Last West

What is a frontier?

• a place where people settled
• A painting that shows the view of the outdoors
• an edge where people settled
• any of the shapes that make up the earth's surface

During the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, the Central Pacific Railroad started in California and built the railroad east to Promontory Point, Utah, where it was connected with the railroad built from the east by the Union Pacific Railroad. What was the ethnicity of the majority of the workers who built the Central Pacific Railroad?

• Chinese

• Mexican

• French

• German

Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the railroad expansion?

• more people moved out west
• new and larger markets meant goods were bought and sold
• native americans were given jobs
• extra land was sold at low prices

How did supporters of the Dawes Act of 1887 expect it to affect Native Americans?

• by relocating Native American tribes further west
• by assimilating Native Americans to white culture
• by strengthening tribal identities among Native Americans
• by recognizing equal rights of citizenship for Native Americans

How did the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad affect the demographics of the United States during Reconstruction?

• It increased the need for laborers in urban areas. 
• It limited the need for foreign immigrants.
• It encouraged westward expansion. 
• It altered the economy in southern rural areas. 

A Milestone in U.S. Transportation

• Completed in 1869

• Shortened travel between San Francisco and New York to a week

• Resulted in the rapid depletion of American buffalo herds

What milestone in U.S. transportation history is described in this list?

• the Erie Canal

• the Pony Express

• the Cumberland Road

• the Transcontinental Railroad

The Homestead Act (1862) attempted to promote development of western lands by doing what?

• creating a system of dams for crop irrigation
• providing free land to settlers
• removing all restrictions on immigration
• placing Native American Indians on reservations

The book A Century of Dishonor by Helen Hunt Jackson attempted to inform the public about problems of

• African Americans

• Native Americans

• Mexican Americans

• Asian Americans

Which animals did Plains Indians depend on for survival?

• cattle and horses
• cattle and sheep
• horses and rabbits
• horses and buffalo

1.  About 50,000 African Americans who went west to make a new life after the Civil War were known as 

•  Buffalo Soldiers
• Exodusters 
• Carpetbaggers 
• Tuskegee